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Dear Zachary ripped my heart out and shattered it into pieces. I tell people it is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen, but I never want to see it again.
Yea i think what makes it worse it that she ended up killing herself and the little boy the movie was being made for. The courts failed that little boy, they failed that family
@@krystalsnavely9042while I'm normally a massive spoiler hater, something feels weird about calling the real life death of a mother and child a spoiler.
The relatability of each person in Dear Zachary is what made it so overwhelming. It was the 1st time I realized how my friendship w my friends morphed into friendship w their parents too. The stages in relationships & how they end have a trickle down effect whose reach can be difficult to fathom.
Amber Haggerman's case has always angered me the most in that regard because it was just as much her mother's fault. Who in the flying tapdancing _fuck_ would let their 9 and 5yo kids play in an _abandonned Walmart parking lot_ at sundown in a part of town that wasn't, like... the best? Just come on. I live where that happened. Amber's body was found in a park within walking distance of my house, and I remember the search helicopters flying overhead at the time.
Those parents are thd stupidest people I've ever heard of. I wonder if their IQ was ever tested. I'll never for get the mother happily saying 'He hasn't kidnapped her, hes just taken her somewhere." Bonkers!
I always love Werner Herzog's documentaries, and Grizzly Man was so well done. It had a lot of drama, but he really showed how incredibly stupid it is to expect wild animals to be our friends. In addition, I was absolutely shocked and floored by Abducted in Plain Sight. The manipulation tactics he used were absolutely over the top. I am glad to see it as your number 1 pick!
One day I was decluttering the playroom, turned on the tv for something to play in the background while I worked and saw a documentary I had never seen before was starting. I thought “awesome! How lucky…” and started watching Dear Zachary with zero context or prior knowledge about. I. was. completely. gutted.
That poor Gabriel, everyone let him down. Yet he remained so sweet and innocent, I sometimes think of him randomly, I just wish someone could have saved him.
0:42 killer legends 1:50 blackout experiments 3:00 grizzly man 4:47 beware the slenderman 6:28 jonestown the life and death of people’s temple 8:00 a certain kind of death
30 Killer Legends (2014). 00:41 29. The Blackout Experiments (2016). 01:54 28 Grizzly Man (2005) 02:58 27 Beware The Slenderman (2016) 04:44 26 Jonestown: The Life And Death Of People’s Temple (2006) 06:24 25. A Certain Kind Of Death (2003) 08:01 24 Tickled (2016) 09:43 23. The Nightmare (2015). 11:09 22. Girl In The Picture (2022) 12:52 21. Deliver Us From Evil (2006). 14:24 20. Mommy Dead And Dearest (2017). 15:56 19. Tabloid (2010) 16:49 18. There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane (2011). 17:42 17. Team Foxcatcher (2016). 18:40 16. Capturing The Friedmans (2003). 19:29 15. This Is The Zodiac Speaking (2008). 20:55 14. The Killing Of America (1982). 21:56 13. The Cannibal That Walked Free (2007). 22:57 12. Wisconsin Death Trip (1999). 23:59 11. Aileen Wuornos: The Selling Of A Serial Killer (1992). 24:59 10. The Imposter (2012). 25:54 09. Cropsey (2009). 26:54 08. The Bridge (2006). 27:59 07. Holy Hell (2016). 28:45 06. The Family I Had (2017). 29:40 05. Follies (1967). 30:29 04. Jesus Camp (2006). 31:20 03. Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father (2008). 32:13 02. The Act Of Killing (2012). 33:11 01. Abducted In Plain Sight (2017). 34:13
Ha! Thank you! I assumed the creators would have put in a comprehensive list, and normally I text titles to myself to watch later as the video goes but I was not able to do that with this video, and I was on the brink of letting it all go because I did not want to go through all this again. THANKS!
One that I think belongs on this list is “Tell Me Who I Am”. It stuck in my head for weeks and I still don’t really know what the “right” decision would have been.
Nothing beats "Dear Zachary". I cried my eyes out. Perhaps it's not the worst case of all of the ones referred to here but the way the story is told is just.. I could never ever watch it again!
I remember watching "The Imposter." When the imposter said he realized what happened to the original young man, I realized it at the same time: The family had killed him.
That was one of the most intriguing parts of the story to me. I feel like that story could be adapted into a great thriller that could play with the audience's since of allegiance... shifting it to and from the con-man and the family based as the story unfolds.
The sequel.. which is actually prequel “Orphan: First Kill” Also an episode of Law & Order SVU, “Stranger” has this same premise.. kidnapped/missing girl comes home, and the family acts… strange. *dun dun*
Yes that one is so heartbreaking. The fact that she was a smart girl that could have accomplished many things is so upsetting. She was going thru everything she was going thru and she still gave it her all at school. I know she was only used to that life but it's still astonishing.
The Great White Silence. Possibly the oldest film ever shot in Antarctica, released in 1924, the Great White Silence is a documentary on the attempt by Robert Falcon Scott to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Most of the film is fairly harmless, consisting mostly of footage of penguins, seals, orcas, and the Antarctic landscape. But then you have the final third of the film detailing Scott's trek to the Pole. Things start going wrong, and the expedition team members start dying as the terrain and weather take their toll. Another team, led by Roald Amundsen, made it to the Pole first, and Scott's team found that all their efforts had been for nothing. They started back to base camp, but all perished on the way. It's eerie seeing Scott and his men arriving in Antarctica in high spirits, only to gradually succumb to the elements and bad luck.
The first film I saw as a child that had a big impact on me was Scott of the Antarctic. I watched it alone as a seven year old. To this day I swear it was B&W. I just looked it up, it was not. It didn't help we lived near the Arctic Circle and modern cold weather gear was still years away. I don't like winter.
"Abducted in plain Sight" is one of the top reasons i refuse let my kids go to sleepovers until a certain age. If a parent will allow a grown man to do that to their child, in plain view, theres nothing they wouldnt allow to someone else's child
I forget what it was called exactly, but it was about an "orphanage" that took in unwanted Chinese babies. The mental torture little babies went through, and that woman finding the tiny baby near death because they covered her up with blankets to silence her cries and locked her away. I'll never forget that little girl's skeletal baby face and eyes. They named her Mei Ling, which means no name. I'll never forget her. I find myself wondering how old she'd be and what she'd be up to. It's a soul crushing doc from the 90s or early 2000s.
There are a few documentaries I’m shocked didn’t make this list. 1. Monster Inside: Americas Most Extreme Haunted House 2. The Whittaker Family documentary 3. Our Father 4. Don’t F*** With Cats As creepy and disturbing “Abducted in Plain Sight” is, it’s more infuriating than outright unsettling at least in my opinion.
I was so sure that "Don't F××× with Cats" was going to be on this list. That was a sad one to watch. Or the documentary of the woman who ended up in the water supply tank on the the roof of an L.A hotel without any explaination!
Yes, Elisa Lam from Vancouver B.C., when she stayed at the Cecil Hotel. Just Googling her name will bring you to many videos exploring the case. Poor girl.
9:10 I worked in the death industry, and while yes, you could say that you become numb to it, it’s simply reality. You come into the funeral home office in the morning, and the names and families of people who died in the night are written on the whiteboard. You’re assigned to work with at-need families based on a color-coded schedule, and at the end of it all (at least in my position) you’re inevitably acting as a salesperson charging thousands of dollars for a service. It’s an industry rooted both in money but also in humanity. It sounds cynical, but in truth, that job gave me a very peaceful if perhaps slightly nihilistic view about death. It happens to everyone, it’s not glamorous or biased, and in the end we all wind up in the same spot- dead.
Before my dad died we "shopped" for his funeral. Thankfully we met a very nice man who agreed that money and love are not the same thing. My dad was cremated, we rented the $8,000 casket, then slid out the pine box and in the oven it went. My dad made furniture, he would have haunted us forever had we tossed a nice piece of furniture into a giant oven. It's not "just a job", you're doing people a service. The funeral home also kept up with my mom for a year making sure her bills were paid and checking in on her mental health. Thank you sir.
This clip from the grizzly man right here at 4:21 is so chilling 😨 from how he tells Timothy mother not to watch his death recording or the coroner’s photos like it was a horrific experience he barely made it out of may Timothy rest in peace😔
And even if we will never hear them, I will put the recording of Timothy getting attacked among the scariest ones out there, along with the Jonestown tapes and "Down the Hill", the infamous words uttered by the Delphi killer
"There's something wrong with Aunt Diane" is one of the most insane docs I've ever seen, I had to watch it 3 times. It's that good and creepy! Very sad story, with a lot of denial! If you want to watch something that keeps you on the edge of the seat the entire way i suggest it.
I have watched it at least 10 times (some of those just background noise plays but still). Despite seeing it that many times I yell at my screen every time they meet up with the forensic pathologist and are like "No she didn't drink." It's like you have one of the top people in the nation saying "the test results don't like she was wasted!"
Slenderman is the most ridiculous urban legend I’ve heard of. What the hell were the suspects thinking when they attempted to kill their friend? Even if he was real, doing his bidding would be nowhere near worth life on the inside.
The filmed subjects in Titicut Follies were painfully aware that they were being filmed, which is what made it disturbing to watch for me. At least some of the inmates and staff realized what this exposure meant and tried to utilize or mitigate it. Probably explains why it got banned; A problematic look for the state at the very least.
I just watched "Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father." It took me about 20 minutes to stop crying. Wisconsin Death Trip was amazing. Shot out the Mary Sweeney! Killer Legends was pretty awesome. A lot of crimes I've never heard about. Beware the Slender Man I fast-forwarded through, not my cup of tea. Holy Hell was interesting. Thanks for the recommendations.
Jesus Camp is still to this day one of the most infuriating films I've ever seen. My family and I do not support these types of behaviors, and they hurt their causes far more than they help!
It made my stomach turn. The whole documentary is just twisted and wrong, convincing children that eternal punishment and torture is what they deserve if they don't live a certain way and believe a certain thing... vile.
IMO one of the absolute most disturbing documentaries would have to be "Cult K*ller: The Rick Rodriguez Story". In a few days it'll be 20 years since that happened.
"we all want to do something risk-taking and scary". Um. no. Not "all". There are loads of people in the world who want to live their lives with as few rollercoasters as possible.
My ex & I were watching Jesus camp, and at one point, I looked over, and she was sobbing! I asked what was wrong, and she went on a very passionate rant about the brainwashing & harm of that place. She then looked at me & asked how I seemed unaffected, I told her, "That was an average Sunday for me."
Dear Zachary, a documentary everyone should watch once. It’s heartbreaking but it deserves to be seen. Capturing the Freedman’s absolutely disturbing Netflix’s Jimmy Saville A British Horror Story left me absolutely disgusted Netflix’s Abducted in Plain Sight, as the credits rolled I was left absolutely stunned 2006 Delivery is from evil I completely forgot about that documentary, the ending equally disgusted me.
You're recommending "Dear Zachary"? Everyone else is warning people NOT to watch it. It left them not only in tears but traumatized for a very long time. I love documentaries, but I'm taking the advice of the overwhelming number of people who say to stay away from it. I did see one other person who recommended viewing the documentary, but it sounds like for me, I'd be left haunted for too long. I guess there are a few people who can handle viewing something like that. I'm just not one of them. Since I've never watched it and never will, I can't really say that I don't understand how anyone could advise it as "must see tv." Cheers! Hope you are having a Happy New Year!
@@czechchicklet6890I completely understand where you’re coming from of course if one can’t handle it then it’s in their best interest to refrain from viewing, but for those who can handle it, it’s an important documentary as utterly heartbreaking as it is Thank you, I hope your 2025 is going well!
Sleep paralysis is one of my absolute favorite things. When I wake up and I know that I'm in a state of sleep paralysis, I get so giddy that I can barely contain myself. The first time was of course terrifying until I knew what it was, but now I've had it around 16 times and I love it. It's always accompanied with false awakenings and lucid dreams. I am thinking of trying hypnosis to induce it much more often.
I know this documentary isn't on here but "the Poughkeepsie tapes" will always be one that traumatized me. I will never watch that one again. After I watched it the first time all I could do for ten minutes was cry because of everything that happened to that poor girl in the movie. Real story or not it's definitely one that will leave you on the edge of your seat and with tears in your eyes.
Dear Zachary was such unique, intimate, and well-made documentary. It will forever be one of my favourite documentaries. It also was a unique look into how people are connected through their love of a person. My heart goes out to all of those who suffered and those who are lost.
A documentary that I absolutely loved (and tore me up) was Chasing Bubbles. It brings you through this young mans search for purpose as he leaves the Chicago Stockmarket to travel the seas on a fixer-upper sailboat - not bothered by having zero sailing experience!
I had sleep paralysis once - luckily it was limited to lack of movement and my brain switched to reason the moment I woke up. I had to wait for my body to catch up and luckily I already knew what sleep paralysis is and just had to wait it off. For person who isn't aware of the symptoms it sure can be scary as hell.
The aunt Diane documentary traumatized me. It shows the first people who got to the scene of the crash filmed it and showed her dead body rolling out of the van onto the ground. There was no need to show that.
Yes, that was hard to watch. Especially knowing the children were dead and the fear they must’ve been in before the crash. I’ve been in an almost deadly car crash and that movie brings back that trauma.
Yup same here. I think they left it in because the filmmakers knew it was her fault and she was drunk, so they prob had little respect for her. The family was in SUCH denial.
I forgot what it's called but it was about a girl who had a painful disease and ended up in the hospital and CPS got involved thinking the mom had Munchausen but she didn't
The Killing of America is a good doco. Also watched one on the treatment of autistic children in the 80s. That was extremely disturbing and shows we have come a long way in treating these poor kids.
One guy says that everybody is scared of clowns. That wasn't the case when I was a kid. Everybody loved clowns! Clowns were synonymous with laughter and ridiculous slapstick! I think the movie "IT" ruined the profession. 😢
#25 A Certain Kind of Death...I found it randomly on UA-cam and found it Very interesting. Wish I had seen it before instead of after finding my elderly dad dead in a hotel room in Arizona, it would have been helpful.
Most unsettling documentaries i ever watched were The Keepers (netflix) about a nun who was murdered to cover up the girls who were SAd by priests. The other was Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey (also netflix) about a christian cult in America full of abuse and perversion and really goes to show how far people are willing to go in order for control of women and young girls. I cannot express how deeply disturbing it is, I have not known rage and revulsion like it since watching it.
I grew up in the Catholic school system so nothing religious shocks me anymore. Thankfully our priests told us Noah's Ark was not real and the Bible was just a guide to a better (?) life, not a step by step manual. From the Inquisition to witch hunts some of us still don't get it. Animals! *Treadwell was an idiot* how the park rangers allowed this is beyond me. I eat meat, not being self-righteousness here but *Blackfish, The Cove and Pedigree Dogs Exposed* should be on this list.
I watched a documentary on UA-cam but don’t remember the name, something like Child killers or something along those lines, extremely disturbing, if anyone knows which I’m talking about please let me know
From 18:02 to 18:15 I recognized that area as being Liberty New York in Sullivan county where I've been to and once lived. The Wendy's is now vacant and has been for years and the Taco Bell on the other side of the Days inn is torn down.
Which documentary do you find most disturbing?
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All of them
I literally have several documentaries on my channel that are far creepier than anything in this video
The first person kinda reminded me of Jean Stapleton
Dear Zachary ripped my heart out and shattered it into pieces. I tell people it is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen, but I never want to see it again.
Same! Absolutely heart-breaking.
I bawled for at least 20 minutes and I mean hard core crying. I can't believe it. I was so attached to what I thought was going to be the ending.
@ I ugly cried for about an hour.
totally
I snot-bubble cried after watching it, I just couldn't believe it. Gut wrenching
"Dont f*** with cats: hunting an internet killer" was a crazy rabbit hole to jump into.
I enjoyed that. And I love how hard they fought to save the ones they did.
I want to watch this, but after seeing so much about Luka Magnotta and what he did, I just can't. I'm way too much of a cat lover to go through that.
I could never watch this
I can't watch it but I love cats
If you love cats, don’t watch it. They show actual cat torture and years later I still have flashbacks.
I think what makes Dear Zachary so disturbing is that viewers experience the death with the participants. It's gut-wrenching.
Yea i think what makes it worse it that she ended up killing herself and the little boy the movie was being made for. The courts failed that little boy, they failed that family
Geeeez..... Spoiler much?? Sucks to reveal that before people watch it.
@aurorahemi not OP
@@krystalsnavely9042 Thank you. I was trying to avoid spoilers.
@@krystalsnavely9042while I'm normally a massive spoiler hater, something feels weird about calling the real life death of a mother and child a spoiler.
Dear Zachary was the last time I cried watching a documentary. It's such a gut-punch of a film.
Ditto. The tragedy stays with you after the film ends.
My suicide was the documentary that made me cry, also knows as Archies final project, really good film
Never heard of this Dear Zachary film
@@coreycasciano3255I'm not saying you should because it will break your heart, but give it a try
It's such a sad, infuriating documentary!!! I never wanted to get into the tv screen and hurt someone so bad!!!
I beg people not to watch Dear Zachary. Not because it isn’t very well made, but because it will leave you hurt.
The relatability of each person in Dear Zachary is what made it so overwhelming. It was the 1st time I realized how my friendship w my friends morphed into friendship w their parents too. The stages in relationships & how they end have a trickle down effect whose reach can be difficult to fathom.
abducted in plain sight will always infuriate me cause those parents were just as guilty.
That doc pissed me off more than anything 😭
Amber Haggerman's case has always angered me the most in that regard because it was just as much her mother's fault. Who in the flying tapdancing _fuck_ would let their 9 and 5yo kids play in an _abandonned Walmart parking lot_ at sundown in a part of town that wasn't, like... the best? Just come on.
I live where that happened. Amber's body was found in a park within walking distance of my house, and I remember the search helicopters flying overhead at the time.
Those parents are thd stupidest people I've ever heard of. I wonder if their IQ was ever tested. I'll never for get the mother happily saying 'He hasn't kidnapped her, hes just taken her somewhere." Bonkers!
This documentary is pretty sad n twisted
What kind of parents let someone like this guy sleep in their daughter's bed?!
I always love Werner Herzog's documentaries, and Grizzly Man was so well done. It had a lot of drama, but he really showed how incredibly stupid it is to expect wild animals to be our friends. In addition, I was absolutely shocked and floored by Abducted in Plain Sight. The manipulation tactics he used were absolutely over the top. I am glad to see it as your number 1 pick!
One day I was decluttering the playroom, turned on the tv for something to play in the background while I worked and saw a documentary I had never seen before was starting. I thought “awesome! How lucky…” and started watching Dear Zachary with zero context or prior knowledge about.
I. was. completely. gutted.
Looks like it fucked with your grammar and pronunciation too.
Dear Zachary and The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez left me traumatized and deep sadness after.
Yes! Poor Gabriel! That ripped my soul into tiny smoking pieces.
THERE IT IS THANK YOU finally someone said it that is far and away the worst (in terms of material not watchability) docu series on Netflix
I can't finish Gabriel. It was so devastating
That poor Gabriel, everyone let him down. Yet he remained so sweet and innocent, I sometimes think of him randomly, I just wish someone could have saved him.
The Trial of Gabriel Fernandez continues to haunt me...
0:42 killer legends
1:50 blackout experiments
3:00 grizzly man
4:47 beware the slenderman
6:28 jonestown the life and death of people’s temple
8:00 a certain kind of death
Thank you 🙏
Where are the rest?
30 Killer Legends (2014). 00:41
29. The Blackout Experiments (2016). 01:54
28 Grizzly Man (2005) 02:58
27 Beware The Slenderman (2016) 04:44
26 Jonestown: The Life And Death Of People’s Temple (2006) 06:24
25. A Certain Kind Of Death (2003) 08:01
24 Tickled (2016) 09:43
23. The Nightmare (2015). 11:09
22. Girl In The Picture (2022) 12:52
21. Deliver Us From Evil (2006). 14:24
20. Mommy Dead And Dearest (2017). 15:56
19. Tabloid (2010) 16:49
18. There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane (2011). 17:42
17. Team Foxcatcher (2016). 18:40
16. Capturing The Friedmans (2003). 19:29
15. This Is The Zodiac Speaking (2008). 20:55
14. The Killing Of America (1982). 21:56
13. The Cannibal That Walked Free (2007). 22:57
12. Wisconsin Death Trip (1999). 23:59
11. Aileen Wuornos: The Selling Of A Serial Killer (1992). 24:59
10. The Imposter (2012). 25:54
09. Cropsey (2009). 26:54
08. The Bridge (2006). 27:59
07. Holy Hell (2016). 28:45
06. The Family I Had (2017). 29:40
05. Follies (1967). 30:29
04. Jesus Camp (2006). 31:20
03. Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father (2008). 32:13
02. The Act Of Killing (2012). 33:11
01. Abducted In Plain Sight (2017). 34:13
@@averagenetfool Much appreciated!
Ha! Thank you! I assumed the creators would have put in a comprehensive list, and normally I text titles to myself to watch later as the video goes but I was not able to do that with this video, and I was on the brink of letting it all go because I did not want to go through all this again. THANKS!
Dear Zachary is the most heartbreaking, unforgettable documentary I've ever seen, and I watch a LOT of documentaries.
One that I think belongs on this list is “Tell Me Who I Am”. It stuck in my head for weeks and I still don’t really know what the “right” decision would have been.
Yes! This one was wild and so morally ambiguous.. amazing
How so?
@@lolahernandez6871 In should you always tell the truth or let someone with amnesia be spared the truth about themselves
Nothing beats "Dear Zachary". I cried my eyes out. Perhaps it's not the worst case of all of the ones referred to here but the way the story is told is just.. I could never ever watch it again!
I cried and screamed noooo at the TV a few times
I remember watching "The Imposter." When the imposter said he realized what happened to the original young man, I realized it at the same time: The family had killed him.
That was one of the most intriguing parts of the story to me. I feel like that story could be adapted into a great thriller that could play with the audience's since of allegiance... shifting it to and from the con-man and the family based as the story unfolds.
The Orphan movies use this. I can’t remember if it’s the prequel or sequel.
@@valeriecrook The prequel did.
The sequel.. which is actually prequel “Orphan: First Kill”
Also an episode of Law & Order SVU, “Stranger” has this same premise.. kidnapped/missing girl comes home, and the family acts… strange. *dun dun*
The girl in the picture is beyond disturbing
What a horrible life she had 😢
Yes that one is so heartbreaking. The fact that she was a smart girl that could have accomplished many things is so upsetting. She was going thru everything she was going thru and she still gave it her all at school. I know she was only used to that life but it's still astonishing.
The Great White Silence. Possibly the oldest film ever shot in Antarctica, released in 1924, the Great White Silence is a documentary on the attempt by Robert Falcon Scott to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Most of the film is fairly harmless, consisting mostly of footage of penguins, seals, orcas, and the Antarctic landscape. But then you have the final third of the film detailing Scott's trek to the Pole. Things start going wrong, and the expedition team members start dying as the terrain and weather take their toll. Another team, led by Roald Amundsen, made it to the Pole first, and Scott's team found that all their efforts had been for nothing. They started back to base camp, but all perished on the way. It's eerie seeing Scott and his men arriving in Antarctica in high spirits, only to gradually succumb to the elements and bad luck.
The first film I saw as a child that had a big impact on me was Scott of the Antarctic. I watched it alone as a seven year old. To this day I swear it was B&W. I just looked it up, it was not. It didn't help we lived near the Arctic Circle and modern cold weather gear was still years away. I don't like winter.
"Abducted in plain Sight" is one of the top reasons i refuse let my kids go to sleepovers until a certain age. If a parent will allow a grown man to do that to their child, in plain view, theres nothing they wouldnt allow to someone else's child
Zachary was the hardest one to get through. Titicut Follies was shocking. To find out this happened in my home state was mind boggling
I forget what it was called exactly, but it was about an "orphanage" that took in unwanted Chinese babies. The mental torture little babies went through, and that woman finding the tiny baby near death because they covered her up with blankets to silence her cries and locked her away. I'll never forget that little girl's skeletal baby face and eyes. They named her Mei Ling, which means no name. I'll never forget her. I find myself wondering how old she'd be and what she'd be up to. It's a soul crushing doc from the 90s or early 2000s.
The crying rooms. It was awful
@@shaundraevans7559actually it was called The Dying Rooms which makes it even worse
The Dying Rooms
There are a few documentaries I’m shocked didn’t make this list.
1. Monster Inside: Americas Most Extreme Haunted House
2. The Whittaker Family documentary
3. Our Father
4. Don’t F*** With Cats
As creepy and disturbing “Abducted in Plain Sight” is, it’s more infuriating than outright unsettling at least in my opinion.
Just Melvin, Just Evil was incredibly disturbing and infuriating to watch.
This would be my no.1. The graphic detail it goes into made my stomach turn. it doesnt make these lists very often though
@ Yeah idk how it flew under watchmojo’s radar because it is that bad
I came here to say the same thing. Not taking away the disturbing nature of the ones on this list, but Just Melvin, Just Evil is on a different level
Omg Jesus Camp...and Holy Hell damn this list is stacked
Dear Zachary ripped my heart right out. I legit can never watch it again.
I was so sure that "Don't F××× with Cats" was going to be on this list. That was a sad one to watch.
Or the documentary of the woman who ended up in the water supply tank on the the roof of an L.A hotel without any explaination!
Yes! Don’t fk with cats was such a roller coaster of emotions
Yes, Elisa Lam from Vancouver B.C., when she stayed at the Cecil Hotel. Just Googling her name will bring you to many videos exploring the case. Poor girl.
They’re fairly sure at this point that she had a mental break and got in there herself and well you know. 😢
@jenhasken except there was no way in hell she could get in there herself.
The water tank was literally locked.
9:10 I worked in the death industry, and while yes, you could say that you become numb to it, it’s simply reality. You come into the funeral home office in the morning, and the names and families of people who died in the night are written on the whiteboard. You’re assigned to work with at-need families based on a color-coded schedule, and at the end of it all (at least in my position) you’re inevitably acting as a salesperson charging thousands of dollars for a service. It’s an industry rooted both in money but also in humanity. It sounds cynical, but in truth, that job gave me a very peaceful if perhaps slightly nihilistic view about death. It happens to everyone, it’s not glamorous or biased, and in the end we all wind up in the same spot- dead.
Before my dad died we "shopped" for his funeral. Thankfully we met a very nice man who agreed that money and love are not the same thing. My dad was cremated, we rented the $8,000 casket, then slid out the pine box and in the oven it went. My dad made furniture, he would have haunted us forever had we tossed a nice piece of furniture into a giant oven. It's not "just a job", you're doing people a service. The funeral home also kept up with my mom for a year making sure her bills were paid and checking in on her mental health. Thank you sir.
This clip from the grizzly man right here at 4:21 is so chilling 😨 from how he tells Timothy mother not to watch his death recording or the coroner’s photos like it was a horrific experience he barely made it out of may Timothy rest in peace😔
She's actually a friend who worked with Timothy, and they were a couple at one point years prior.
@ I thought that was his mother
And even if we will never hear them, I will put the recording of Timothy getting attacked among the scariest ones out there, along with the Jonestown tapes and "Down the Hill", the infamous words uttered by the Delphi killer
@@saulthechicanootaku same here
“tell me you love me” is also a great documentary that tackles the topic of the abuse of disabled people
I like watching documentaries, so this video is right up my alley.
Why? Because it's about horror movies? What a dumb post
@@KevinThomas-sj8ky It’s not about horror movies, it’s about real people and real events.
@@williepearl278 welcome to sarcasm
"There's something wrong with Aunt Diane" is one of the most insane docs I've ever seen, I had to watch it 3 times. It's that good and creepy! Very sad story, with a lot of denial! If you want to watch something that keeps you on the edge of the seat the entire way i suggest it.
I have watched it at least 10 times (some of those just background noise plays but still). Despite seeing it that many times I yell at my screen every time they meet up with the forensic pathologist and are like "No she didn't drink." It's like you have one of the top people in the nation saying "the test results don't like she was wasted!"
I agree. I found this utterly gripping. Very sad how deep the level of denial is.
Hmm never heard of Aunt Diane going to have to look for it
I think this doc was just as rough as Dear Zachary. I don’t think I’ve ever seen another doc like “There’s something wrong…”
Boy they came right out with the shock... The pic of her at the scene..... Just wow . Eeerie!!
There is also the documentary about Josef Fritzel. That's a hard watch too.
Slenderman is the most ridiculous urban legend I’ve heard of. What the hell were the suspects thinking when they attempted to kill their friend? Even if he was real, doing his bidding would be nowhere near worth life on the inside.
I’m pretty sure They were all under the age of 13 when the crime was committed
The blonde girl was diagnosed with schizophrenia
they were 12, they believed he was real and had later been diagnosed with mental disorders
Not only were they children, one of them most probably has mental health issues.
I don’t believe they actually think he’s real. They wanted to kill that girl and Slenderman was an excuse.
The filmed subjects in Titicut Follies were painfully aware that they were being filmed, which is what made it disturbing to watch for me. At least some of the inmates and staff realized what this exposure meant and tried to utilize or mitigate it. Probably explains why it got banned; A problematic look for the state at the very least.
“The Bridge” is a good documentary about the Golden Gate Bridge and how it’s a magnet for self-deletion
Cults, internet folklore, and psychological manipulation can lead to devastating consequences.
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I just watched "Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father." It took me about 20 minutes to stop crying.
Wisconsin Death Trip was amazing. Shot out the Mary Sweeney!
Killer Legends was pretty awesome. A lot of crimes I've never heard about.
Beware the Slender Man I fast-forwarded through, not my cup of tea.
Holy Hell was interesting.
Thanks for the recommendations.
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes was definitely creepy & disturbing
@AndyHouse-v1m Still crying pup?
@AndyHouse-v1m you just jealous that no one liked your comment
@AndyHouse-v1m you are sad because you bully people and send threats to people
@@jimbo9208 all he does is like his own comment
I watched it on Peacock. I felt so sad for his sister.
Dear Zachary..., Abducted in Plain Sight, Jesus Camp and others on this list I have watched are haunting, unforgettable films.
Jesus Camp is still to this day one of the most infuriating films I've ever seen.
My family and I do not support these types of behaviors, and they hurt their causes far more than they help!
that documentary made me so glad I left Christianity though.
But you're perfectly ok with woke camp that literally thousands have died because of the indoctrination.
But you're ok with woke camp, where thousands have perished because of the indoctrination.
It made my stomach turn. The whole documentary is just twisted and wrong, convincing children that eternal punishment and torture is what they deserve if they don't live a certain way and believe a certain thing... vile.
@thestraydog Exactly. It's like, they're just kids.
They need guidance, not manipulation!
Deliver Us From Evil....truly, the layers of deceit are neverending
the camera shot at 31:40 with the Nestle bottled water always makes me laugh, it's so ironic
IMO one of the absolute most disturbing documentaries would have to be "Cult K*ller: The Rick Rodriguez Story". In a few days it'll be 20 years since that happened.
I watched Take Care of Maya the other day… a devastating movie. Being a parent is so challenging.
"we all want to do something risk-taking and scary". Um. no. Not "all". There are loads of people in the world who want to live their lives with as few rollercoasters as possible.
Tickled was actually SO fascinating. Aside from the obviously awkward parts, the overall story was told incredibly well.
I watched it with my ex. We both thought it was super-creepy.
The creepiest documentary I've ever seen is Cropsey. I had nightmares afterwards. 😬
“Tell Them You Love Me” disturbed me so much.
My ex & I were watching Jesus camp, and at one point, I looked over, and she was sobbing! I asked what was wrong, and she went on a very passionate rant about the brainwashing & harm of that place. She then looked at me & asked how I seemed unaffected, I told her, "That was an average Sunday for me."
Dear Zachary, a documentary everyone should watch once. It’s heartbreaking but it deserves to be seen.
Capturing the Freedman’s absolutely disturbing
Netflix’s Jimmy Saville A British Horror Story left me absolutely disgusted
Netflix’s Abducted in Plain Sight, as the credits rolled I was left absolutely stunned
2006 Delivery is from evil I completely forgot about that documentary, the ending equally disgusted me.
You're recommending "Dear Zachary"? Everyone else is warning people NOT to watch it. It left them not only in tears but traumatized for a very long time. I love documentaries, but I'm taking the advice of the overwhelming number of people who say to stay away from it. I did see one other person who recommended viewing the documentary, but it sounds like for me, I'd be left haunted for too long.
I guess there are a few people who can handle viewing something like that. I'm just not one of them. Since I've never watched it and never will, I can't really say that I don't understand how anyone could advise it as "must see tv."
Cheers! Hope you are having a Happy New Year!
I agree it should be seen once.
@@czechchicklet6890I completely understand where you’re coming from of course if one can’t handle it then it’s in their best interest to refrain from viewing, but for those who can handle it, it’s an important documentary as utterly heartbreaking as it is
Thank you, I hope your 2025 is going well!
"Foxcatcher" is truly chilling.
Sleep paralysis is one of my absolute favorite things. When I wake up and I know that I'm in a state of sleep paralysis, I get so giddy that I can barely contain myself. The first time was of course terrifying until I knew what it was, but now I've had it around 16 times and I love it. It's always accompanied with false awakenings and lucid dreams. I am thinking of trying hypnosis to induce it much more often.
Cropsey and Leaving Neverland were the ones that creeped me out!
The Slender man one was Not easily " influenced" kids, they were cold heartless psychopaths.
The Nightmare got my attention because that’s exactly what I’ve gone through.
I know this documentary isn't on here but "the Poughkeepsie tapes" will always be one that traumatized me. I will never watch that one again. After I watched it the first time all I could do for ten minutes was cry because of everything that happened to that poor girl in the movie. Real story or not it's definitely one that will leave you on the edge of your seat and with tears in your eyes.
that one is not a real doc btw
I hope you know that is a work of fiction
Paradise Lost trilogy left a string impression on me.
Dear Zachary was such unique, intimate, and well-made documentary. It will forever be one of my favourite documentaries. It also was a unique look into how people are connected through their love of a person. My heart goes out to all of those who suffered and those who are lost.
It’s such a unique, emotional journey, and it really shows how love and tragedy can intertwine in unexpected ways.
I never cry...and "Dear Zachary" had me bawling.
I feel “Only God Knows Where I Am” should be on this list. Maybe not “creepy” but very hard to watch.
That one got to me as well.
A documentary that I absolutely loved (and tore me up) was Chasing Bubbles. It brings you through this young mans search for purpose as he leaves the Chicago Stockmarket to travel the seas on a fixer-upper sailboat - not bothered by having zero sailing experience!
Dear Zachary is a MUST watch... It's an absolute emotional ride as you experience this along with the people recording this....
Wow! A MUST watch!!?? Everyone else warns people NOT to watch because it's terribly haunting. Didn't it upset you at all??
Evil genius was crazy. And u see the guy die scared me. Dear Zachary broke my heart ❤️
"One of the other ones was most unsettling " -Someone who hasn't seen Dear Zachary
I had sleep paralysis once - luckily it was limited to lack of movement and my brain switched to reason the moment I woke up. I had to wait for my body to catch up and luckily I already knew what sleep paralysis is and just had to wait it off. For person who isn't aware of the symptoms it sure can be scary as hell.
The aunt Diane documentary traumatized me. It shows the first people who got to the scene of the crash filmed it and showed her dead body rolling out of the van onto the ground. There was no need to show that.
Yes, that was hard to watch. Especially knowing the children were dead and the fear they must’ve been in before the crash. I’ve been in an almost deadly car crash and that movie brings back that trauma.
Yup same here. I think they left it in because the filmmakers knew it was her fault and she was drunk, so they prob had little respect for her. The family was in SUCH denial.
Hi, it's 10:11am in Ca on Thursday 1/16. Watching you LIVE but unable to comment. It is grayed out.
Dear Zachary and Abducted in plain sight took me days to watch 😢
I forgot what it's called but it was about a girl who had a painful disease and ended up in the hospital and CPS got involved thinking the mom had Munchausen but she didn't
Take Care of Maya
HUGE missed opportunity to not include Don't Fuck With Cats or Orozco the Embalmer
Is this a re-release. Feel like I've seen this one before. Maybe a comp with a few new picks?
77 Minutes. About the McDonald’s massacre in SoCal
Nicholas Barclay was killed by his family and they covered it up. Change my mind
UA-cam has chapters now, they're easy to use. I suggest you start.
2:54 is that Alison from Intervention??
I had to look it up bc I thought so too & that is her! She’s listed on IMDb as taking part in the documentary later after her intervention episode.
"Tickled" is a great watch.
the pbs Oklohoma City bombing doc is also good, it also delves into ruby ridge and waco a bit.
"the blackout experiments" is also filmed in mckaymey manor - its essentially legal torture
The Girl in the Picture was shocking
Somethings wrong with aunt Diane. So tragic and horrible yet so fascinating
Dear Zachary absolute destroyed me.
The Friedmans documentary is the most disturbing thing ever done
The Killing of America is a good doco. Also watched one on the treatment of autistic children in the 80s. That was extremely disturbing and shows we have come a long way in treating these poor kids.
Morgan from the slenderman case is up for parole this year (2025) and that’s terrifying
Top 10 *live action characters choices that aren't as simple as they seemed*
You missed loads. What about don’t f*ck with cats or the one with the prisoner experiment
One guy says that everybody is scared of clowns. That wasn't the case when I was a kid. Everybody loved clowns! Clowns were synonymous with laughter and ridiculous slapstick!
I think the movie "IT" ruined the profession. 😢
#25 A Certain Kind of Death...I found it randomly on UA-cam and found it Very interesting. Wish I had seen it before instead of after finding my elderly dad dead in a hotel room in Arizona, it would have been helpful.
7:16. After the Jamestown mass murder, the money that the People’s Temple had was sent to their good friends in the Soviet Union.
Most unsettling documentaries i ever watched were The Keepers (netflix) about a nun who was murdered to cover up the girls who were SAd by priests.
The other was Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey (also netflix) about a christian cult in America full of abuse and perversion and really goes to show how far people are willing to go in order for control of women and young girls. I cannot express how deeply disturbing it is, I have not known rage and revulsion like it since watching it.
4:33 When you can make a German man cry, you know it's REALLY bad.
Lol my best friend's dad is from Germany. This is very true. Wonderful man. Good dad. You do NOT want to piss him off.
For me night stalker and the murtaugh were the creepiest
And the one about little Gabriel gave me chills
7:30 Meanwhile all the religious people watching going " wow these people are crazy" Atheist going...yea, you ALLLL are crazy.
i dont get the thumbnail. which Doc was THAT connected with?
The slenderman parents are horrible people
The parents of the girl who stabbed the other girl? Or slender man parents?
@lakeshoreshepherds741
The parents of the perpetrators, not the victim, obviously.
I grew up in the Catholic school system so nothing religious shocks me anymore. Thankfully our priests told us Noah's Ark was not real and the Bible was just a guide to a better (?) life, not a step by step manual. From the Inquisition to witch hunts some of us still don't get it. Animals! *Treadwell was an idiot* how the park rangers allowed this is beyond me. I eat meat, not being self-righteousness here but *Blackfish, The Cove and Pedigree Dogs Exposed* should be on this list.
I watched a documentary on UA-cam but don’t remember the name, something like Child killers or something along those lines, extremely disturbing, if anyone knows which I’m talking about please let me know
I've seen Documentaries on movies, tv like HBO, Cinamax and Showtime
From 18:02 to 18:15 I recognized that area as being Liberty New York in Sullivan county where I've been to and once lived. The Wendy's is now vacant and has been for years and the Taco Bell on the other side of the Days inn is torn down.
How is Crumb not here
Fascinating doc... and cringe. Him and his wife were made for each other.
@ it is very uncomfortable to watch for sure
JFC MOJO please add chapters to ur videos